- September marks ninth record-breaking month of year with sales of 9,725, a 19.3% gain over the previous September record of 8,151 set in 2010
- Demand for the all-new 2012 Audi A6 increased 42.8%, Audi Q7 YTD sales enjoy 30.8% uptick
- Audi A3 TDI and Audi Q7 TDI accounted for 51% and 46.5% of sales mix; respectively
Audi of America today reported record September U.S. sales of 9,725 vehicles, topping the previous record of 8,151 vehicles sold in 2010. September 2011 marked the ninth consecutive month of record-setting sales for the brand in the U.S. market.
Continue reading ‘Audi reports best-ever September 2011 U.S. sales’
- Bavarian driver secures his first DTM title early, at Valencia
- Biggest triumph achieved with a fighting spirit, humor, coolness and teamwork
- Audi Chairman Rupert Stadler: “Title crowns Audi’s successful motorsport year”
With a third place at the penultimate race of the season at Valencia Martin Tomczyk converted his first match ball: The 29-year-old driver from Rosenheim, Bavaria, is the 2011 DTM Champion and thus celebrates the biggest triumph in his motorsport career. The exploit also marks the first time in DTM history for a champion to sit in a so-called year-old car.
The 14th Petit Le Mans is in the books and it was a tough race for Audi Sport Team Joest. The #1 Audi being driven at the time by Romain Dumas made contact with the #8 Pugeot 908 be driven by Franck Montagny during the 8th hour of the race. Dumas touched a GT car while pressing Montagny in the Peugeot and hit the wall ending any chances of finishing the race. Montagy made a quick move towards the line of the Audi which cause the Audi to have no choice but to avoid a collision with the #8 car, and by doing so made contact with one of the GTC Porsche 911s causing him to spin into a wall, which put him out of the race. The other Audi Sport R18 TDI had been plagued with bad luck from the very start of the race where it had a puncture, and then had to go back behind the wall 3 different times. With one hour left of the race, it went back behind the wall for a 3rd time, and Audi retired the car shortly thereafter.
Both teams now pack their trailers and head to Zuhai China where they will compete one last time this season on November 13th.
Final Standings
1 #8 Peugeot 908 (Montagny/Sarrazin/Wurz)
2 #10 Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP (Lapierre/Minassian/Gene)
3 #007 Aston Martin Racing / Lola B09 (Fernandez/Mucke/Primat)
4 #24 Oak Pescarola (Yvon/Pla/Premat)
5 #12 Rebellion Lola B10 (Prost/Jani/Belicchi)
We are packing up here at Petit Le Mans and will post a thorough update complete with full galleries of our favorite images from the week. Stay tuned!
The setting for the 14th running of Petite Le Mans at Road Atlanta couldn’t of been better. With beautiful weather and a record setting attendance it’s shaping up to be an awesome race. After qualifying 2nd and 4th the Audi’s have been trading punches since the start of the race with the Peugeots. After 110 laps both Audi and Peugeot have had their share of issues. The #7 Pole positon Peugeot has been trailered into the pits with a failed gearbox and they will be allowed to repair the car and return to the track. The #2 Audi has been brought behind the wall with severe damage to rear and front and they are replacing the bodywork and suspension. And just now has been brought back around the wall again for an apparent clutch issue. We can only say that the #2 Audi of Kristensen, Capello and McNish have certainly had a very unlucky season. We hope that they can get the car back on track and make up for lost time. Continue reading ’2011 Petit Le Mans – Race Start Update and Gallery’
- Timo Bernhard misses pole position by just 128 thousandths
- Dindo Capello takes position four for Audi
- Record field and record turnout at Road Atlanta
Audi Sport Team Joest will tackle the 1000-mile “Petit Le Mans” race at Road Atlanta (U.S. state of Georgia) from the front row of the grid. Timo Bernhard was merely 128 thousandths of a second short of clinching the pole position. This means that the Audi R18 TDI will be on the front row again at its fifth race.
Continue reading ‘Audi tackles “Petit Le Mans” from the front row of the grid’
